Why do alot of women want men to take a dominant role in relationships?

Question

the man drives vehicle, guide her by the hand in public, the woman waits for the man to open the door. The woman does not look at traffic and trusts the man to guide her across safely. Very beautiful and feminine woman.

Answer 1

Some men like to be dominated

Answer 2

The kind of women you're describing are in the minority in the U.S.  Most women are so concerned with equality, that they find it offensive to think of a man as being dominant.

Answer 3

I don't see this anymore.  I get teased by my friends being a "June Cleaver" (guess a girl can't have a thing for cardigans), but even I don't blindly walk out into traffic or wait for my husband to open the door...unless my arms are full...which isn't likely because he most likely took the packages (groceries...whatever the case may be) anyway and I am the one holding the door for him.

Answer 4

Because we don't want to be viewed as the "one who wears the pants" in the relationship and we don't want our man to be considered a wuss.

Answer 5

Women are sexually attracted to more violent men that are rough and tough and are barely in control.

     I think it has to do with how women are in need of a provider during the critical first four years of the children's life. They need a man that can provide and if they open doors, guide her ac cross traffic, and guide her by the hand in public.

Answer 6

I'm obviously not a woman, but I think much of this is based on traditional s*x-role (gender-role) stereotypes.  Men are stereotypically the dominant force, whereas women are stereotypically the less dominant force.  Stereotypes have an unfortunate tendency to persist and get passed down and they often influence our behavior, even when we are unaware of them.

Answer 7

Maybe they want to be kind and find ways to make him feel useful

Answer 8

I think it's because that's been the "natural" way for the genders to work together, for the last mileniums.

Why change it now, did something different happened in the past few years in the Earth that can lead to such a daring alteration in the natural state of things?

Answer 9

Some women prefer to be dominant ans some men are very comfortable with a strong dominant woman.

Answer 10

the only time she looks satisfied is after i spank her

Answer 11

Because that is human nature. Men are indeed strong, active, logical, and rational, and women are indeed weak, passive, emotional and sensual. That is WHY such "stereotypes" exist... although the phrase "archetype" is more fitting.

Answer 12

Because that is the way it is naturally. Men are strong, logical, rational, and active. Women are weak, emotional, sensual, and passive. This is natural, not sexist.

To put it another way, the man is the tool and the seed, and the woman is the soil. Which needs to be dominant if the crops are to grow, the soil, or the tool-wielding farmer?